BitNexo - The Bitcoin Connect Between China and Chile
BitNexo is connecting Chile [Latin America] and China [Asia] via the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The startup focused on the remittance market uses the digital currency to transmit the money, without requiring the customers to engage with the volatility risk. Bitcoin operates only as a payment channel and transmits the money to the required bank accounts. BitNexo CEO Darren Camas had said in an interview with Nicolas Bry, "As we're currently working between China and Latin America [a client] could be a small electronics exporter from China selling goods to Mexico, or a boutique Chilean....
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